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CORSICANA, Texas — A 14-year-old Texas boy was discovered living for nearly three days at a
Wal-Mart store by carving out hiding places in shelves stacked with products while foraging for
food in other aisles, police and news reports said yesterday.

The boy slept in two make-shift shelters hidden from public view at a store in Corsicana, one in
the baby-gear aisle behind boxes of strollers and the other behind bulk paper towels and toilet
paper, according to CBS Dallas.

After he was discovered on July 30, “the juvenile was transported to the police department and
later that night to the care of licensed professionals for follow-up care,” police in Corsicana
said yesterday.

Police said they were notified that the boy had run away from his aunt’s home, where he was
visiting while his parents were out of town. The boy’s mother told police he has a history of
running away and hiding in businesses and abandoned houses and near creeks.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said employees discovered the boy, who has not been identified, after a
trash trail led to one of his lairs, near a baby-apparel section.

The boy is thought to have worn diapers instead of using the store restroom.

Still photographs of his stockpile showed an opened Pop-Tart box and empty chocolate-milk
bottle.